README.TXT
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Thank you for trying the demo version of Mr. Drumstix' Music Studio by
Howling Dog Systems. 

See the end of this file for ordering information.

To Install
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Run Windows.

From Program Manager, select 'File' from the main menu, then 'Run'.

In the dialog box type 

[A:]install

where [A:] is the drive letter or subdirectory where you unzipped this file.

Media Vision MIDIMate Fix
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If you are using a Media Vision MIDIMate Adapter attached to an
external MIDI device, you may have to enable the following line in the
DRUMSTIX.INI file in your WINDOWS directory:

NoRunningStatus=1

This is becase the Media Vision Windows Driver for the MIDIMate does
not correctly implement running status, which is part of the MIDI
specification.

Symptoms of this problem are incorrect, and 'stuck' notes (notes which
stay on and on and on...)



Aria Based Sound Boards
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If you are using a sound board based on the Aria chip set, use the
"ARIA Wave Synth 2" driver.



Gravis UltraSound Boards
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If you are using a Gravis UltraSound with 256K of patch RAM installed,
you may find you are missing some sounds. Change from 16 bit patches to
8 bit patches to double the number of sounds you can store on the
UltraSound's on-board RAM.

To change from 16 bit to 8 bit patches: Double click on the 'Control
Panel' in the 'Main' Windows Program Manager group. Then double click
on the 'Drivers' icon.

Find the UltraSound driver in the list of installed drivers and click
once on it to highlight it. Now click on the button marked 'Setup' to
the right of the driver list. In the UltraSound driver setup dialog,
select the 'Conserve Memory' option in the lower left corner. Click
'OK' to save your changes. This should help substantially. There is
some sound degradation with this option, but it is not as great as one
might think.

General
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We hope you enjoy Mr. Drumstix' Music Studio. All the songs for the
program were sequenced using Power Chords, also by Howling Dog Systems.
Contact us for more information or to order Power Chords so that you
can create your own songs to play in Mr. Drumstix' Music Studio.


Christmas Song Disk
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A Christmas song disk with over 15 Christmas favorites is available for
only $15.00 US. Comes compete with lyric files for singing along.


To Order:
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Thank you for trying the demo version of Mr. Drumstix' Music Studio by
Howling Dog Systems. You can order the complete working version with:

20 children's favorite songs
bonus song disk with 10 additional songs on it
all the educational music games
interactive play mode on Mr. Drumstix, the keyboard, and guitar
lots more fun sounds

...for only $39.95 US !!!

Send your money order to:

Howling Dog Systems                          Tel: (613) 599-7927
Kanata North PO Box 72071                    Fax: (613) 599-7926
Kanata, ON, Canada
K2K 2P4                                 To Order: (800) 267-HOWL
CompuServe: 71333,2166  or GO HOWLING

We accept VISA.
